In its quarterly earnings report on Thursday, Apple Inc (AAPL.O) gave the first update in two years on what it calls its active installed base, the number of major products such as iPhones, iPads and Macs in use in the world.

Apple's iPhone 8 is coming and this time it will be special. Every year, tons of mock ups surface and claim to look like the final version but Apple surprises us with their ultimate reveal. Similarly, this year's iPhone has been leaked numerous times.

Snap Inc takes to the road in London on Monday to promote its initial public offering with a daring proposition: that it can build hot-selling hardware gadgets and ad-friendly software features fast enough to stay one step ahead of Facebook.

The Japanese conglomerate's Global President Minoru Usui is credited with bringing focus to company's operations by selling off parts where it was uncompetitive - even if it meant shrinking the top line.

The South Korean tech giant's official blog post showed images of smartwatch with a round face - which would be a first for Samsung - and naming several partners, including Baidu Inc, Yelp Inc and CNN.